For therein the elders had witness borne to them.
God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.